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I've changed the origin of the term d'oh to reflect what I'd heard once in something about the Simpsons. Only thing is, I don't really remember any specifics, such as which TV character's exclamation d'oh is based on - perhaps someone could dig around and find more stuff? - Bulbaboy 22:44, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I heard Dan Castellaneta (voice of Homer) say in an interview that "d'oh" was inspired by Jim Finlayson of "Laurel and Hardy" fame. Finlayson played a character who, when peeved, would say "dooooooh!" But Matt Groening wanted something more clipped to go with animation. "D'oh"! was the happy result.
I always thought it was supposed to be Homer exclaiming DAMN! then catching himself and replacing the second half of the word with oh! This makes more sense in the early 'clean' seasons ^^' This is also supported gently by what Homer said in Japanese in that one episode, it sounded to me like "shimatt-bakabi!" starting with a curse and ending in a less vulgar exclamation.
So nobody thinks it's starting to say 'damn' then catching oneself and finishing off with 'oh' ? I rescind the hypothesis then.
Since #3 Dictionary mentions It's That Man Again perhaps it should be merged into #1Origins or at least follow immediately after instead of after #2 Episode names. References 5 and 10 no longer lead to the intended articles.
Additionally, perhaps its use in the British children's tv series Crackerjack! ("Peter Glaze often uttered "Doh!" to Don's wisecracks." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crackerjack!_(TV_series)#Catchphrases) should be mentioned. Mcljlm (talk) 12:25, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Wait, I'm confused. Is it spelt d'oh or d'ohh? Or is this just a case of imperialist american spelling conventions again? :) Borisblue 00:48, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
D'oh! and woo-hoo! are my favorite Homerisms. PrometheusX303 23:29, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
In the German-dubbed version (the quality of which is debatable) Homer does pronounce "Nein!" (No!) in un unusual way. The diphtong /ai/ is very short and the "n" lengthened. I suggest: "Neinnnn!" Prorokini on Jan. 26th.
"D'oh" (with the apostrophe) was the spelling the alt.tv.simpsons newsgroup settled on during the second season of the show. The 'official' spelling from Gracie Films staffers & etc. continued to be "Doh" for several years. I would credit Jym Dyer with making the apostrophe variation popular. (Chris Baird, former a.t.s FAQ maintainer) 203.14.156.193 15:40, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Having grown up that long ago, I can guarantee those Homerites out there that while the Simpsons made this expression globally famous, it was alive and well--and spelled "duh"--as far back as the 1960s in the United States. I have accordingly added this background in the introductory paragraph. I think the d'oh spelling was either just a variation in phonetic spelling or an effort to be "new."63.88.31.30 (talk) 22:28, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's not related to "duh." D'oh is a parent starting to say "damn" but censoring himself. Read the "Origin" section. I'm taking the "duh" part out. --67.171.210.188 (talk) 22:12, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No mention of that fact that this was also one of the Skippers famous catchlines from Gilligan's Isle? Weird.--71.97.147.120 (talk) 19:06, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't entirely understand how some of the "variations" actually count as... well... variations.
Ido see how the japanese variant is different. And I can understand things like "d'oheth".
However, how is Gerald Ford and Homer saying "d'oh" together a variation of the word, "d'oh"?
How is the family saying "d'oh" together a variation of the word?
How is the fact that it's followed by someone else saying, "a deer" a variation of "d'oh"? Either way, it's just Homer saying the same word.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Bladestorm (talk • contribs)
It may have started as "variations", but now it's just a magnet for fanboys to add every reference to when Homer says it ... in other words, just another crufty list. And if you try to delete them, a bot will just restore them as "vandalism". <Sigh!> —141.156.240.102 (talk|contribs) 07:08, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
My friends, if you have nick in Finnish wikipedia, then go save article D'oh!
Looks like we've got two sections entitled "Origin"... I'm not very good with these kinds of things; could someone combine the two or something? V6stang 00:52, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing. "I just spent Way Too Much time doing an edit of this article. I broke the Usages section into two sections, since half of the entries were for video games. I moved some of the references, like Stargate SG-1 and others, into other sections.
I also tried to cleanup Variations (added a heading and a caveat comment) by removing "Homer and X said D'oh! at the same time in episode Y". By the same token, I tried to regularize "In Program Name episode "Episode Name", ..."
I also did a bunch of grammar reconstructs, clumping of similar paragraphs, regularized italics and double-quotes, and moved some of the figures and their accompanying paragraphs to more appropriate locations. Because so many of them were moved, changes to individual paragraphs may be hard to see.
Anywho, this will probably be my last Moby Edit for a while ... I think I've scratched that itch pretty well. —141.156.240.102 (talk|contribs) 09:42, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure that the character of Harold Bishop from the Australian soap opera Neighbours was using "d'oh!" before The Simpsons even existed... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.243.228.52 (talk • contribs) 18:33, 27 November 2006
Castellaneta SAID he based it on an old Scottish character, so there you are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 03:35, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In the Laurel & Hardy films sometimes finlayson's d'oh is long, sometimes short. The article suggests that Homer's d'oh is a modification, but it would seem it was a correction of Castellaneta's first attempt, which seems slightly different. Hakluyt bean 03:51, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This entire article is taken verbatum from reference.com. Jackmont Feb 26, 2007.
If you play a clip of "D'oh" backwards, it becomes "What." Examples: D'Oh, D'Oh Backwards, both. Just so you know... 71.193.69.15 02:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think this article needs to explain why the term D'oh has an apostrophe. Is it a contraction or a possessive? --IE 19:22, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In one of the episodes, Homer is arrested and says "D'oh!" and then Chief Wiggim replies with "That's what they all say...they all say D'oh" Would that be a varriation of it or anything? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.72.19.92 (talk) 07:01, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, fellow editor ... I can see that it's been over a year since I did a Moby reformat to this article as 141.156.240.102 (talk · contribs) in November, 2006 (along with my evil twin, 141.156.241.54 (talk · contribs) a few weeks later) ... tonight I/(we?) have:
IMHO, the episode names look better as a bullet-lists, but Some Other Editor is welcome to turn them back into the Mothers of All Run-on Sentences if they prefer them that way ... please, just don't revert the disambiguations. :-)
Well, I've spent enough time "putting some lipstick on this pig" ... having scratched that itch, now I can just MOVE ON ... Happy Editing! —72.75.72.63 (talk · contribs) 07:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It is said that in Italy "D'oh" is left undubbed, with Castellaneta's own voice. That is FALSE. Italian dubber Accolla voices also Homer's annoyed grunt. I am removing that sentence from the article.--Gspinoza (talk) 19:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It says its written a certain way in hiragana in the Japanese dub. This doesn't make sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.148.195.224 (talk) 12:31, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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James Finlayson originated this expression in the early sound era in classic Laurel & Hardy films. Shouldn't this be in the lead? I wonder whether significant prominence is given to him in this very important article. ;)--Stetsonharry (talk) 05:00, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In the interest of preparing the way for some kludge relief for this article, I'm going to ask whether "D'oh!" is a word or a phrase? The first two ¶'s seem to assume that this is a phrase (perhaps the author was lulled into a false sense of certainty by the problematic 'postrophe?). I don't know about that. I like "word" a little bit better. Or perhaps some other possibility? NorthCoastReader (talk) 00:13, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I just wanted to note here that I cleared out all the unsourced parts of the usage section and since what was left was about a dictionary usage, which made it redundant with the section below it (titled "dictionary"), I merged the remainder into that section. Uses can be re-added if sourced but I'd strongly urge against it to avoid having it be a trivia section which is what it was becoming, just by another name. Cat-fivetc ---- 01:26, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
the 32 Doh's wav file that was ONCE linked is now a DEAD link.
--Starius (talk) 12:35, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Not Homer's, but the old one from the 30s and 40s. Get up out my face! (talk) 17:00, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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InArchie comic books, the character of Moose often would say "D'uh!", and this may have been the proximate source of people's often saying "Duh!" when someone displays a bit of ignorance.
It seems very likely that this contributed to the choice of "D'oh!" that Homer Simpson says. I am surprised not to see any mention of "D'uh!" in the article.
